dursten
[ˈdʊʁstn̩]
The verdict
“dursten” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Durst haben
Corpus desk
Index DE-dursten · dursten · German
dursten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dursten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈdʊʁstn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „dursten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
dursten is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈdʊʁstn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Durst haben".
No generated misspelling entries exist for dursten in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is dursten, spelled D-U-R-S-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Durst haben
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dursten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Niemand muss hier dursten.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.